1. pay through the nose 花大价钱买某物

例句：

If you bring a car into the city, you have to pay through the nose for parking it.

如果你要开车到那个城市里，就得花高价停车。

2. feel the pinch

双十一买买买之后的你有没有感觉自己已经连土都吃不起了呢？Feel the pinch的意思是手头拮据、经济出现困难

例句：

When her husband lost his job, she really started to feel the pinch.

她老公丢了工作以后，她真正开始感到手头拮据了。